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Antonyms for dress out

Grammar : Verb
Spell : dres
Phonetic Transcription : drɛs

Definition of dress out

Origin :
  • early 14c., "make straight; direct, guide, control, prepare for cooking," from Old French dresser, drecier "raise (oneself), address, prepare, lift, raise, hoist, set up, arrange, set (a table), serve (food), straighten, put right, direct," from Vulgar Latin *directiare, from Latin directus "direct, straight" (see direct (v.)).
  • Sense of "decorate, adorn" is late 14c., as is that of "put on clothing." Original sense survives in military meaning "align columns of troops." Dress up "attire elaborately" is from 1670s; dressing down "wearing clothes less formal than expected" is from 1960. To dress (someone) down (1769) is ironical. Related: Dressed; dressing.
  • As in decorate : verb beautify, embellish
Example sentences :
  • I see nothing like it, since he can dress out his sister like a Begum.
  • Extract from : « St. Ronan's Well » by Sir Walter Scott
  • “Perhaps one of my dolls can have a dress out of it,” Alice said hopefully.
  • Extract from : « Peggy in Her Blue Frock » by Eliza Orne White
  • She gave him a look which froze his blood, and shaking her dress out she went on.
  • Extract from : « Peck's Sunshine » by George W. Peck
  • She lifted the dress out of its box and looked at it with shining eyes.
  • Extract from : « Tabitha at Ivy Hall » by Ruth Alberta Brown
  • Goodness, child, you have pulled my dress out of the gathers, she said.
  • Extract from : « Madonna Mary » by Mrs. Oliphant
  • She lifted this dress out and said that nothing was missing there.
  • Extract from : « At the Villa Rose » by A. E. W. Mason
  • "I'm going to make a dress out of green leaves for my doll," said Vi.
  • Extract from : « Six Little Bunkers at Grandma Bell's » by Laura Lee Hope
  • I had no motive to exaggerate or dress out in false colours.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist » by Charles Brockden Brown
  • No one who was used to an eastern climate had any idea how to dress out here when they first came.
  • Extract from : « Old Rail Fence Corners » by Various
  • The better way was to dress out and out, and wear that outfit until the enemy's knapsacks, or the folks at home supplied a change.
  • Extract from : « Detailed Minutiae of Soldier life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865 » by Carlton McCarthy

Synonyms for dress out

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